To bury a dog and steal
Time: 2022-01-31 09:41:44 Author: ChinaWiki.net
To bury a dog and steal
The Chinese idiom, Chu í m á Ig ǒ uqi è in pinyin, means to rob, kill, steal, and do nothing. It's from Yunlu ManChao by Zhao Yanwei of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Zhao Yanwei's Yunlu ManChao of Song Dynasty, Volume 6: "from Jiangguan to shentujia, they all steal from shichui."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used of villains
To bury a dog and steal
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